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3=head1 NAME
4
5perlhist - the Perl history records
6
7=head1 DESCRIPTION
8
9This document aims to record the Perl source code releases.
10
11=head1 INTRODUCTION
12
13Perl history in brief, by Larry Wall:
14
15 Perl 0 introduced Perl to my officemates.
16 Perl 1 introduced Perl to the world, and changed /\(...\|...\)/ to
17 /(...|...)/. \(Dan Faigin still hasn't forgiven me. :-\)
18 Perl 2 introduced Henry Spencer's regular expression package.
19 Perl 3 introduced the ability to handle binary data (embedded nulls).
20 Perl 4 introduced the first Camel book. Really. We mostly just
21 switched version numbers so the book could refer to 4.000.
22 Perl 5 introduced everything else, including the ability to
23 introduce everything else.
24
25=head1 THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN
26
27Larry Wall, Andy Dougherty, Tom Christiansen, Charles Bailey, Nick
28Ing-Simmons, Chip Salzenberg, Tim Bunce, Malcolm Beattie, Gurusamy
29Sarathy, Graham Barr, Jarkko Hietaniemi, Hugo van der Sanden,
30Michael Schwern, Rafael Garcia-Suarez, Nicholas Clark, Richard Clamp,
31Leon Brocard, Dave Mitchell, Jesse Vincent, Ricardo Signes, Steve Hay,
32Matt S Trout and David Golden.
33
34=head2 PUMPKIN?
35
36[from Porting/pumpkin.pod in the Perl source code distribution]
37
38Chip Salzenberg gets credit for that, with a nod to his cow orker,
39David Croy. We had passed around various names (baton, token, hot
40potato) but none caught on. Then, Chip asked:
41
42[begin quote]
43
44 Who has the patch pumpkin?
45
46To explain: David Croy once told me once that at a previous job,
47there was one tape drive and multiple systems that used it for backups.
48But instead of some high-tech exclusion software, they used a low-tech
49method to prevent multiple simultaneous backups: a stuffed pumpkin.
50No one was allowed to make backups unless they had the "backup pumpkin".
51
52[end quote]
53
54The name has stuck. The holder of the pumpkin is sometimes called
55the pumpking (keeping the source afloat?) or the pumpkineer (pulling
56the strings?).
57
58=head1 THE RECORDS
59
60 Pump- Release Date Notes
61 king (by no means
62 comprehensive,
63 see Changes*
64 for details)
65 ======================================================================
66
67 Larry 0 Classified. Don't ask.
68
69 Larry 1.000 1987-Dec-18
70
71 1.001..10 1988-Jan-30
72 1.011..14 1988-Feb-02
73 Schwern 1.0.15 2002-Dec-18 Modernization
74 Richard 1.0.16 2003-Dec-18
75
76 Larry 2.000 1988-Jun-05
77
78 2.001 1988-Jun-28
79
80 Larry 3.000 1989-Oct-18
81
82 3.001 1989-Oct-26
83 3.002..4 1989-Nov-11
84 3.005 1989-Nov-18
85 3.006..8 1989-Dec-22
86 3.009..13 1990-Mar-02
87 3.014 1990-Mar-13
88 3.015 1990-Mar-14
89 3.016..18 1990-Mar-28
90 3.019..27 1990-Aug-10 User subs.
91 3.028 1990-Aug-14
92 3.029..36 1990-Oct-17
93 3.037 1990-Oct-20
94 3.040 1990-Nov-10
95 3.041 1990-Nov-13
96 3.042..43 1991-Jan-??
97 3.044 1991-Jan-12
98
99 Larry 4.000 1991-Mar-21
100
101 4.001..3 1991-Apr-12
102 4.004..9 1991-Jun-07
103 4.010 1991-Jun-10
104 4.011..18 1991-Nov-05
105 4.019 1991-Nov-11 Stable.
106 4.020..33 1992-Jun-08
107 4.034 1992-Jun-11
108 4.035 1992-Jun-23
109 Larry 4.036 1993-Feb-05 Very stable.
110
111 5.000alpha1 1993-Jul-31
112 5.000alpha2 1993-Aug-16
113 5.000alpha3 1993-Oct-10
114 5.000alpha4 1993-???-??
115 5.000alpha5 1993-???-??
116 5.000alpha6 1994-Mar-18
117 5.000alpha7 1994-Mar-25
118 Andy 5.000alpha8 1994-Apr-04
119 Larry 5.000alpha9 1994-May-05 ext appears.
120 5.000alpha10 1994-Jun-11
121 5.000alpha11 1994-Jul-01
122 Andy 5.000a11a 1994-Jul-07 To fit 14.
123 5.000a11b 1994-Jul-14
124 5.000a11c 1994-Jul-19
125 5.000a11d 1994-Jul-22
126 Larry 5.000alpha12 1994-Aug-04
127 Andy 5.000a12a 1994-Aug-08
128 5.000a12b 1994-Aug-15
129 5.000a12c 1994-Aug-22
130 5.000a12d 1994-Aug-22
131 5.000a12e 1994-Aug-22
132 5.000a12f 1994-Aug-24
133 5.000a12g 1994-Aug-24
134 5.000a12h 1994-Aug-24
135 Larry 5.000beta1 1994-Aug-30
136 Andy 5.000b1a 1994-Sep-06
137 Larry 5.000beta2 1994-Sep-14 Core slushified.
138 Andy 5.000b2a 1994-Sep-14
139 5.000b2b 1994-Sep-17
140 5.000b2c 1994-Sep-17
141 Larry 5.000beta3 1994-Sep-??
142 Andy 5.000b3a 1994-Sep-18
143 5.000b3b 1994-Sep-22
144 5.000b3c 1994-Sep-23
145 5.000b3d 1994-Sep-27
146 5.000b3e 1994-Sep-28
147 5.000b3f 1994-Sep-30
148 5.000b3g 1994-Oct-04
149 Andy 5.000b3h 1994-Oct-07
150 Larry? 5.000gamma 1994-Oct-13?
151
152 Larry 5.000 1994-Oct-17
153
154 Andy 5.000a 1994-Dec-19
155 5.000b 1995-Jan-18
156 5.000c 1995-Jan-18
157 5.000d 1995-Jan-18
158 5.000e 1995-Jan-18
159 5.000f 1995-Jan-18
160 5.000g 1995-Jan-18
161 5.000h 1995-Jan-18
162 5.000i 1995-Jan-26
163 5.000j 1995-Feb-07
164 5.000k 1995-Feb-11
165 5.000l 1995-Feb-21
166 5.000m 1995-Feb-28
167 5.000n 1995-Mar-07
168 5.000o 1995-Mar-13?
169
170 Larry 5.001 1995-Mar-13
171
172 Andy 5.001a 1995-Mar-15
173 5.001b 1995-Mar-31
174 5.001c 1995-Apr-07
175 5.001d 1995-Apr-14
176 5.001e 1995-Apr-18 Stable.
177 5.001f 1995-May-31
178 5.001g 1995-May-25
179 5.001h 1995-May-25
180 5.001i 1995-May-30
181 5.001j 1995-Jun-05
182 5.001k 1995-Jun-06
183 5.001l 1995-Jun-06 Stable.
184 5.001m 1995-Jul-02 Very stable.
185 5.001n 1995-Oct-31 Very unstable.
186 5.002beta1 1995-Nov-21
187 5.002b1a 1995-Dec-04
188 5.002b1b 1995-Dec-04
189 5.002b1c 1995-Dec-04
190 5.002b1d 1995-Dec-04
191 5.002b1e 1995-Dec-08
192 5.002b1f 1995-Dec-08
193 Tom 5.002b1g 1995-Dec-21 Doc release.
194 Andy 5.002b1h 1996-Jan-05
195 5.002b2 1996-Jan-14
196 Larry 5.002b3 1996-Feb-02
197 Andy 5.002gamma 1996-Feb-11
198 Larry 5.002delta 1996-Feb-27
199
200 Larry 5.002 1996-Feb-29 Prototypes.
201
202 Charles 5.002_01 1996-Mar-25
203
204 5.003 1996-Jun-25 Security release.
205
206 5.003_01 1996-Jul-31
207 Nick 5.003_02 1996-Aug-10
208 Andy 5.003_03 1996-Aug-28
209 5.003_04 1996-Sep-02
210 5.003_05 1996-Sep-12
211 5.003_06 1996-Oct-07
212 5.003_07 1996-Oct-10
213 Chip 5.003_08 1996-Nov-19
214 5.003_09 1996-Nov-26
215 5.003_10 1996-Nov-29
216 5.003_11 1996-Dec-06
217 5.003_12 1996-Dec-19
218 5.003_13 1996-Dec-20
219 5.003_14 1996-Dec-23
220 5.003_15 1996-Dec-23
221 5.003_16 1996-Dec-24
222 5.003_17 1996-Dec-27
223 5.003_18 1996-Dec-31
224 5.003_19 1997-Jan-04
225 5.003_20 1997-Jan-07
226 5.003_21 1997-Jan-15
227 5.003_22 1997-Jan-16
228 5.003_23 1997-Jan-25
229 5.003_24 1997-Jan-29
230 5.003_25 1997-Feb-04
231 5.003_26 1997-Feb-10
232 5.003_27 1997-Feb-18
233 5.003_28 1997-Feb-21
234 5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 Ramping up to the 5.004 release.
235 5.003_91 1997-Mar-01
236 5.003_92 1997-Mar-06
237 5.003_93 1997-Mar-10
238 5.003_94 1997-Mar-22
239 5.003_95 1997-Mar-25
240 5.003_96 1997-Apr-01
241 5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 Fairly widely used.
242 5.003_97a 1997-Apr-05
243 5.003_97b 1997-Apr-08
244 5.003_97c 1997-Apr-10
245 5.003_97d 1997-Apr-13
246 5.003_97e 1997-Apr-15
247 5.003_97f 1997-Apr-17
248 5.003_97g 1997-Apr-18
249 5.003_97h 1997-Apr-24
250 5.003_97i 1997-Apr-25
251 5.003_97j 1997-Apr-28
252 5.003_98 1997-Apr-30
253 5.003_99 1997-May-01
254 5.003_99a 1997-May-09
255 p54rc1 1997-May-12 Release Candidates.
256 p54rc2 1997-May-14
257
258 Chip 5.004 1997-May-15 A major maintenance release.
259
260 Tim 5.004_01-t1 1997-???-?? The 5.004 maintenance track.
261 5.004_01-t2 1997-Jun-11 aka perl5.004m1t2
262 5.004_01 1997-Jun-13
263 5.004_01_01 1997-Jul-29 aka perl5.004m2t1
264 5.004_01_02 1997-Aug-01 aka perl5.004m2t2
265 5.004_01_03 1997-Aug-05 aka perl5.004m2t3
266 5.004_02 1997-Aug-07
267 5.004_02_01 1997-Aug-12 aka perl5.004m3t1
268 5.004_03-t2 1997-Aug-13 aka perl5.004m3t2
269 5.004_03 1997-Sep-05
270 5.004_04-t1 1997-Sep-19 aka perl5.004m4t1
271 5.004_04-t2 1997-Sep-23 aka perl5.004m4t2
272 5.004_04-t3 1997-Oct-10 aka perl5.004m4t3
273 5.004_04-t4 1997-Oct-14 aka perl5.004m4t4
274 5.004_04 1997-Oct-15
275 5.004_04-m1 1998-Mar-04 (5.004m5t1) Maint. trials for 5.004_05.
276 5.004_04-m2 1998-May-01
277 5.004_04-m3 1998-May-15
278 5.004_04-m4 1998-May-19
279 5.004_05-MT5 1998-Jul-21
280 5.004_05-MT6 1998-Oct-09
281 5.004_05-MT7 1998-Nov-22
282 5.004_05-MT8 1998-Dec-03
283 Chip 5.004_05-MT9 1999-Apr-26
284 5.004_05 1999-Apr-29
285
286 Malcolm 5.004_50 1997-Sep-09 The 5.005 development track.
287 5.004_51 1997-Oct-02
288 5.004_52 1997-Oct-15
289 5.004_53 1997-Oct-16
290 5.004_54 1997-Nov-14
291 5.004_55 1997-Nov-25
292 5.004_56 1997-Dec-18
293 5.004_57 1998-Feb-03
294 5.004_58 1998-Feb-06
295 5.004_59 1998-Feb-13
296 5.004_60 1998-Feb-20
297 5.004_61 1998-Feb-27
298 5.004_62 1998-Mar-06
299 5.004_63 1998-Mar-17
300 5.004_64 1998-Apr-03
301 5.004_65 1998-May-15
302 5.004_66 1998-May-29
303 Sarathy 5.004_67 1998-Jun-15
304 5.004_68 1998-Jun-23
305 5.004_69 1998-Jun-29
306 5.004_70 1998-Jul-06
307 5.004_71 1998-Jul-09
308 5.004_72 1998-Jul-12
309 5.004_73 1998-Jul-13
310 5.004_74 1998-Jul-14 5.005 beta candidate.
311 5.004_75 1998-Jul-15 5.005 beta1.
312 5.004_76 1998-Jul-21 5.005 beta2.
313
314 Sarathy 5.005 1998-Jul-22 Oneperl.
315
316 Sarathy 5.005_01 1998-Jul-27 The 5.005 maintenance track.
317 5.005_02-T1 1998-Aug-02
318 5.005_02-T2 1998-Aug-05
319 5.005_02 1998-Aug-08
320 Graham 5.005_03-MT1 1998-Nov-30
321 5.005_03-MT2 1999-Jan-04
322 5.005_03-MT3 1999-Jan-17
323 5.005_03-MT4 1999-Jan-26
324 5.005_03-MT5 1999-Jan-28
325 5.005_03-MT6 1999-Mar-05
326 5.005_03 1999-Mar-28
327 Leon 5.005_04-RC1 2004-Feb-05
328 5.005_04-RC2 2004-Feb-18
329 5.005_04 2004-Feb-23
330
331 Sarathy 5.005_50 1998-Jul-26 The 5.6 development track.
332 5.005_51 1998-Aug-10
333 5.005_52 1998-Sep-25
334 5.005_53 1998-Oct-31
335 5.005_54 1998-Nov-30
336 5.005_55 1999-Feb-16
337 5.005_56 1999-Mar-01
338 5.005_57 1999-May-25
339 5.005_58 1999-Jul-27
340 5.005_59 1999-Aug-02
341 5.005_60 1999-Aug-02
342 5.005_61 1999-Aug-20
343 5.005_62 1999-Oct-15
344 5.005_63 1999-Dec-09
345 5.5.640 2000-Feb-02
346 5.5.650 2000-Feb-08 beta1
347 5.5.660 2000-Feb-22 beta2
348 5.5.670 2000-Feb-29 beta3
349 5.6.0-RC1 2000-Mar-09 Release candidate 1.
350 5.6.0-RC2 2000-Mar-14 Release candidate 2.
351 5.6.0-RC3 2000-Mar-21 Release candidate 3.
352
353 Sarathy 5.6.0 2000-Mar-22
354
355 Sarathy 5.6.1-TRIAL1 2000-Dec-18 The 5.6 maintenance track.
356 5.6.1-TRIAL2 2001-Jan-31
357 5.6.1-TRIAL3 2001-Mar-19
358 5.6.1-foolish 2001-Apr-01 The "fools-gold" release.
359 5.6.1 2001-Apr-08
360 Rafael 5.6.2-RC1 2003-Nov-08
361 5.6.2 2003-Nov-15 Fix new build issues
362
363 Jarkko 5.7.0 2000-Sep-02 The 5.7 track: Development.
364 5.7.1 2001-Apr-09
365 5.7.2 2001-Jul-13 Virtual release candidate 0.
366 5.7.3 2002-Mar-05
367 5.8.0-RC1 2002-Jun-01
368 5.8.0-RC2 2002-Jun-21
369 5.8.0-RC3 2002-Jul-13
370
371 Jarkko 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18
372
373 Jarkko 5.8.1-RC1 2003-Jul-10 The 5.8 maintenance track
374 5.8.1-RC2 2003-Jul-11
375 5.8.1-RC3 2003-Jul-30
376 5.8.1-RC4 2003-Aug-01
377 5.8.1-RC5 2003-Sep-22
378 5.8.1 2003-Sep-25
379 Nicholas 5.8.2-RC1 2003-Oct-27
380 5.8.2-RC2 2003-Nov-03
381 5.8.2 2003-Nov-05
382 5.8.3-RC1 2004-Jan-07
383 5.8.3 2004-Jan-14
384 5.8.4-RC1 2004-Apr-05
385 5.8.4-RC2 2004-Apr-15
386 5.8.4 2004-Apr-21
387 5.8.5-RC1 2004-Jul-06
388 5.8.5-RC2 2004-Jul-08
389 5.8.5 2004-Jul-19
390 5.8.6-RC1 2004-Nov-11
391 5.8.6 2004-Nov-27
392 5.8.7-RC1 2005-May-18
393 5.8.7 2005-May-30
394 5.8.8-RC1 2006-Jan-20
395 5.8.8 2006-Jan-31
396 5.8.9-RC1 2008-Nov-10
397 5.8.9-RC2 2008-Dec-06
398 5.8.9 2008-Dec-14
399
400 Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27 The 5.9 development track
401 Rafael 5.9.1 2004-Mar-16
402 5.9.2 2005-Apr-01
403 5.9.3 2006-Jan-28
404 5.9.4 2006-Aug-15
405 5.9.5 2007-Jul-07
406 5.10.0-RC1 2007-Nov-17
407 5.10.0-RC2 2007-Nov-25
408
409 Rafael 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18
410
411 David M 5.10.1-RC1 2009-Aug-06 The 5.10 maintenance track
412 5.10.1-RC2 2009-Aug-18
413 5.10.1 2009-Aug-22
414
415 Jesse 5.11.0 2009-Oct-02 The 5.11 development track
416 5.11.1 2009-Oct-20
417 Leon 5.11.2 2009-Nov-20
418 Jesse 5.11.3 2009-Dec-20
419 Ricardo 5.11.4 2010-Jan-20
420 Steve 5.11.5 2010-Feb-20
421 Jesse 5.12.0-RC1 2010-Mar-29
422
423 Jesse 5.12.0 2010-Apr-12
424
425 Jesse 5.12.1 2010-May-16 The 5.12 maintenance track
426
427 Leon 5.13.0 2010-Apr-20 The 5.13 development track
428 Ricardo 5.13.1 2010-May-20
429 Matt 5.13.2 2010-Jun-22
430 David G 5.13.3 2010-Jul-20
431
432=head2 SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
433
434For example the notation "core: 212 29" in the release 1.000 means that
435it had in the core 212 kilobytes, in 29 files. The "core".."doc" are
436explained below.
437
438 release core lib ext t doc
439 ======================================================================
440
441 1.000 212 29 - - - - 38 51 62 3
442 1.014 219 29 - - - - 39 52 68 4
443 2.000 309 31 2 3 - - 55 57 92 4
444 2.001 312 31 2 3 - - 55 57 94 4
445 3.000 508 36 24 11 - - 79 73 156 5
446 3.044 645 37 61 20 - - 90 74 190 6
447 4.000 635 37 59 20 - - 91 75 198 4
448 4.019 680 37 85 29 - - 98 76 199 4
449 4.036 709 37 89 30 - - 98 76 208 5
450 5.000alpha2 785 50 114 32 - - 112 86 209 5
451 5.000alpha3 801 50 117 33 - - 121 87 209 5
452 5.000alpha9 1022 56 149 43 116 29 125 90 217 6
453 5.000a12h 978 49 140 49 205 46 152 97 228 9
454 5.000b3h 1035 53 232 70 216 38 162 94 218 21
455 5.000 1038 53 250 76 216 38 154 92 536 62
456 5.001m 1071 54 388 82 240 38 159 95 544 29
457 5.002 1121 54 661 101 287 43 155 94 847 35
458 5.003 1129 54 680 102 291 43 166 100 853 35
459 5.003_07 1231 60 748 106 396 53 213 137 976 39
460 5.004 1351 60 1230 136 408 51 355 161 1587 55
461 5.004_01 1356 60 1258 138 410 51 358 161 1587 55
462 5.004_04 1375 60 1294 139 413 51 394 162 1629 55
463 5.004_05 1463 60 1435 150 394 50 445 175 1855 59
464 5.004_51 1401 61 1260 140 413 53 358 162 1594 56
465 5.004_53 1422 62 1295 141 438 70 394 162 1637 56
466 5.004_56 1501 66 1301 140 447 74 408 165 1648 57
467 5.004_59 1555 72 1317 142 448 74 424 171 1678 58
468 5.004_62 1602 77 1327 144 629 92 428 173 1674 58
469 5.004_65 1626 77 1358 146 615 92 446 179 1698 60
470 5.004_68 1856 74 1382 152 619 92 463 187 1784 60
471 5.004_70 1863 75 1456 154 675 92 494 194 1809 60
472 5.004_73 1874 76 1467 152 762 102 506 196 1883 61
473 5.004_75 1877 76 1467 152 770 103 508 196 1896 62
474 5.005 1896 76 1469 152 795 103 509 197 1945 63
475 5.005_03 1936 77 1541 153 813 104 551 201 2176 72
476 5.005_50 1969 78 1842 301 795 103 514 198 1948 63
477 5.005_53 1999 79 1885 303 806 104 602 224 2002 67
478 5.005_56 2086 79 1970 307 866 113 672 238 2221 75
479 5.6.0 2820 79 2626 364 1096 129 863 280 2840 93
480 5.6.1 2946 78 2921 430 1171 132 1024 304 3330 102
481 5.6.2 2947 78 3143 451 1247 127 1303 387 3406 102
482 5.7.0 2977 80 2801 425 1250 132 975 307 3206 100
483 5.7.1 3351 84 3442 455 1944 167 1334 357 3698 124
484 5.7.2 3491 87 4858 618 3290 298 1598 449 3910 139
485 5.7.3 3299 85 4295 537 2196 300 2176 626 4171 120
486 5.8.0 3489 87 4533 585 2437 331 2588 726 4368 125
487 5.8.1 3674 90 5104 623 2604 353 2983 836 4625 134
488 5.8.2 3633 90 5111 623 2623 357 3019 848 4634 135
489 5.8.3 3625 90 5141 624 2660 363 3083 869 4669 136
490 5.8.4 3653 90 5170 634 2684 368 3148 885 4689 137
491 5.8.5 3664 90 4260 303 2707 369 3208 898 4689 138
492 5.8.6 3690 90 4271 303 3141 396 3411 925 4709 139
493 5.8.7 3788 90 4322 307 3297 401 3485 964 4744 141
494 5.8.8 3895 90 4357 314 3409 431 3622 1017 4979 144
495 5.8.9 4132 93 5508 330 3826 529 4364 1234 5348 152
496 5.9.0 3657 90 4951 626 2603 354 3011 841 4609 135
497 5.9.1 3580 90 5196 634 2665 367 3186 889 4725 138
498 5.9.2 3863 90 4654 312 3283 403 3551 973 4800 142
499 5.9.3 4096 91 5318 381 4806 597 4272 1214 5139 147
500 5.9.4 4393 94 5718 415 4578 642 4646 1310 5335 153
501 5.9.5 4681 96 6849 479 4827 671 5155 1490 5572 159
502 5.10.0 4710 97 7050 486 4899 673 5275 1503 5673 160
503 5.10.1 4858 98 7440 519 6195 921 6147 1751 5151 163
504 5.12.0 4999 100 1146 121 15227 2176 6400 1843 5342 168
505 5.12.1 5000 100 1146 121 15283 2178 6407 1846 5354 169
506
507The "core"..."doc" mean the following files from the Perl source code
508distribution. The glob notation ** means recursively, (.) means
509regular files.
510
511 core *.[hcy]
512 lib lib/**/*.p[ml]
513 ext ext/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for -5.10.1) or
514 {dist,ext,cpan}/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for 5.12.0-)
515 t t/**/*(.) (for 1-5.005_56) or **/*.t (for 5.6.0-5.7.3)
516 doc {README*,INSTALL,*[_.]man{,.?},pod/**/*.pod}
517
518Here are some statistics for the other subdirectories and one file in
519the Perl source distribution for somewhat more selected releases.
520
521 ======================================================================
522 Legend: kB #
523
524 1.014 2.001 3.044
525
526 Configure 31 1 37 1 62 1
527 eg - - 34 28 47 39
528 h2pl - - - - 12 12
529 msdos - - - - 41 13
530 os2 - - - - 63 22
531 usub - - - - 21 16
532 x2p 103 17 104 17 137 17
533
534 ======================================================================
535
536 4.000 4.019 4.036
537
538 atarist - - - - 113 31
539 Configure 73 1 83 1 86 1
540 eg 47 39 47 39 47 39
541 emacs 67 4 67 4 67 4
542 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12
543 hints - - 5 42 11 56
544 msdos 57 15 58 15 60 15
545 os2 81 29 81 29 113 31
546 usub 25 7 43 8 43 8
547 x2p 147 18 152 19 154 19
548
549 ======================================================================
550
551 5.000a2 5.000a12h 5.000b3h 5.000 5.001m
552
553 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
554 atarist 113 31 113 31 - - - - - -
555 bench - - 0 1 - - - - - -
556 Bugs 2 5 26 1 - - - - - -
557 dlperl 40 5 - - - - - - - -
558 do 127 71 - - - - - - - -
559 Configure - - 153 1 159 1 160 1 180 1
560 Doc - - 26 1 75 7 11 1 11 1
561 eg 79 58 53 44 51 43 54 44 54 44
562 emacs 67 4 104 6 104 6 104 1 104 6
563 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
564 hints 11 56 12 46 18 48 18 48 44 56
565 msdos 60 15 60 15 - - - - - -
566 os2 113 31 113 31 - - - - - -
567 U - - 62 8 112 42 - - - -
568 usub 43 8 - - - - - - - -
569 vms - - 80 7 123 9 184 15 304 20
570 x2p 171 22 171 21 162 20 162 20 279 20
571
572 ======================================================================
573
574 5.002 5.003 5.003_07
575
576 Configure 201 1 201 1 217 1
577 eg 54 44 54 44 54 44
578 emacs 108 1 108 1 143 1
579 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12
580 hints 73 59 77 60 90 62
581 os2 84 17 56 10 117 42
582 plan9 - - - - 79 15
583 Porting - - - - 51 1
584 utils 87 7 88 7 97 7
585 vms 500 24 475 26 505 27
586 x2p 280 20 280 20 280 19
587
588 ======================================================================
589
590 5.004 5.004_04 5.004_62 5.004_65 5.004_68
591
592 beos - - - - - - 1 1 1 1
593 Configure 225 1 225 1 240 1 248 1 256 1
594 cygwin32 23 5 23 5 23 5 24 5 24 5
595 djgpp - - - - 14 5 14 5 14 5
596 eg 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62
597 emacs 194 1 204 1 212 2 212 2 212 2
598 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
599 hints 129 69 132 71 144 72 151 74 155 74
600 os2 121 42 127 42 127 44 129 44 129 44
601 plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
602 Porting 94 2 109 4 203 6 234 8 241 9
603 qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
604 utils 112 8 118 8 124 8 156 9 159 9
605 vms 518 34 524 34 538 34 569 34 569 34
606 win32 285 33 378 36 470 39 493 39 575 41
607 x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 282 19 281 19
608
609 ======================================================================
610
611 5.004_70 5.004_73 5.004_75 5.005 5.005_03
612
613 apollo - - - - - - - - 0 1
614 beos 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
615 Configure 256 1 256 1 264 1 264 1 270 1
616 cygwin32 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5
617 djgpp 14 5 14 5 14 5 14 5 15 5
618 eg 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65
619 emacs 262 2 262 2 262 2 262 2 274 2
620 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
621 hints 157 74 157 74 159 74 160 74 179 77
622 mint - - - - - - - - 4 7
623 mpeix - - - - 5 3 5 3 5 3
624 os2 129 44 139 44 142 44 143 44 148 44
625 plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
626 Porting 241 9 253 9 259 10 264 12 272 13
627 qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
628 utils 160 9 160 9 160 9 160 9 164 9
629 vms 570 34 572 34 573 34 575 34 583 34
630 vos - - - - - - - - 156 10
631 win32 577 41 585 41 585 41 587 41 600 42
632 x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19
633
634 ======================================================================
635
636 5.6.0 5.6.1 5.6.2 5.7.3
637
638 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
639 beos 5 2 5 2 5 2 6 4
640 Configure 346 1 361 1 363 1 394 1
641 Cross - - - - - - 4 2
642 djgpp 19 6 19 6 19 6 21 7
643 eg 112 71 112 71 112 71 - -
644 emacs 303 4 319 4 319 4 319 4
645 epoc 29 8 35 8 35 8 36 8
646 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
647 hints 242 83 250 84 321 89 272 87
648 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
649 mpeix 9 4 9 4 9 4 9 4
650 NetWare - - - - - - 423 57
651 os2 214 59 224 60 224 60 357 66
652 plan9 92 17 92 17 92 17 85 15
653 Porting 361 15 390 16 390 16 425 21
654 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
655 utils 228 12 221 11 222 11 267 13
656 uts - - - - - - 12 3
657 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
658 vms 686 38 627 38 627 38 649 36
659 vos 227 12 249 15 248 15 281 17
660 win32 755 41 782 42 801 42 1006 50
661 x2p 307 20 307 20 307 20 345 20
662
663 ======================================================================
664
665 5.8.0 5.8.1 5.8.2 5.8.3 5.8.4
666
667 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
668 beos 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4
669 Configure 472 1 493 1 493 1 493 1 494 1
670 Cross 4 2 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10
671 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
672 emacs 319 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4
673 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8
674 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
675 hints 294 88 321 89 321 89 321 89 348 91
676 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
677 mpeix 24 5 25 5 25 5 25 5 25 5
678 NetWare 488 61 490 61 490 61 490 61 488 61
679 os2 361 66 445 67 450 67 488 67 488 67
680 plan9 85 15 325 17 325 17 325 17 321 17
681 Porting 479 22 537 32 538 32 539 32 538 33
682 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
683 utils 275 15 258 16 258 16 263 19 263 19
684 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
685 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
686 vms 648 36 654 36 654 36 656 36 656 36
687 vos 330 20 335 20 335 20 335 20 335 20
688 win32 1062 49 1125 49 1127 49 1126 49 1181 56
689 x2p 347 20 348 20 348 20 348 20 348 20
690
691 ======================================================================
692
693 5.8.5 5.8.6 5.8.7 5.8.8 5.8.9
694
695 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
696 beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4
697 Configure 494 1 494 1 495 1 506 1 520 1
698 Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10
699 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
700 emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 406 4
701 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 35 8
702 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
703 hints 350 91 352 91 355 94 360 94 387 99
704 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
705 mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6
706 NetWare 488 61 488 61 488 61 490 61 491 61
707 os2 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 552 70
708 plan9 321 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 324 17
709 Porting 538 34 548 35 549 35 564 37 625 41
710 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
711 utils 265 19 265 19 266 19 267 19 281 21
712 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
713 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
714 vms 657 36 658 36 662 36 664 36 716 35
715 vos 335 20 335 20 335 20 336 21 345 22
716 win32 1183 56 1190 56 1199 56 1219 56 1484 68
717 x2p 349 20 349 20 349 20 349 19 350 19
718
719 ======================================================================
720
721 5.9.0 5.9.1 5.9.2 5.9.3 5.9.4
722
723 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
724 beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4
725 Configure 493 1 493 1 495 1 508 1 512 1
726 Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10
727 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
728 emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4
729 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 34 8
730 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
731 hints 321 89 346 91 355 94 359 94 366 96
732 mad - - - - - - - - 174 6
733 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
734 mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6
735 NetWare 489 61 487 61 487 61 489 61 489 61
736 os2 444 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67
737 plan9 325 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 323 17
738 Porting 537 32 536 33 549 36 564 38 576 38
739 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
740 symbian - - - - - - 293 53 293 53
741 utils 258 16 263 19 268 20 273 23 275 24
742 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
743 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
744 vms 660 36 547 33 553 33 661 33 696 33
745 vos 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7
746 win32 1120 49 1124 51 1191 56 1209 56 1719 90
747 x2p 348 20 348 20 349 20 349 19 349 19
748
749 ======================================================================
750
751 5.9.5 5.10.0 5.10.1 5.12.0 5.12.1
752
753 apollo 8 3 8 3 0 3 0 3 0 3
754 beos 8 4 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
755 Configure 518 1 518 1 533 1 536 1 536 1
756 Cross 122 15 122 15 119 15 118 15 118 15
757 djgpp 21 7 21 7 17 7 17 7 17 7
758 emacs 329 4 406 4 402 4 402 4 402 4
759 epoc 34 8 35 8 31 8 31 8 31 8
760 h2pl 24 15 24 15 12 15 12 15 12 15
761 hints 377 98 381 98 385 100 368 97 368 97
762 mad 182 8 182 8 174 8 174 8 174 8
763 mint 11 9 11 9 3 9 - - - -
764 mpeix 49 6 49 6 45 6 45 6 45 6
765 NetWare 489 61 489 61 465 61 466 61 466 61
766 os2 552 70 552 70 507 70 507 70 507 70
767 plan9 324 17 324 17 316 17 316 17 316 17
768 Porting 627 40 632 40 933 53 749 54 749 54
769 qnx 5 3 5 4 1 4 1 4 1 4
770 symbian 300 54 300 54 290 54 288 54 288 54
771 utils 260 26 264 27 268 27 269 27 269 27
772 uts 12 3 12 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
773 vmesa 25 4 25 4 21 4 21 4 21 4
774 vms 690 32 722 32 693 30 645 18 645 18
775 vos 19 8 19 8 16 8 16 8 16 8
776 win32 1482 68 1485 68 1497 70 1841 73 1841 73
777 x2p 349 19 349 19 345 19 345 19 345 19
778
779=head2 SELECTED PATCH SIZES
780
781The "diff lines kB" means that for example the patch 5.003_08, to be
782applied on top of the 5.003_07 (or whatever was before the 5.003_08)
783added lines for 110 kilobytes, it removed lines for 19 kilobytes, and
784changed lines for 424 kilobytes. Just the lines themselves are
785counted, not their context. The "+ - !" become from the diff(1)
786context diff output format.
787
788 Pump- Release Date diff lines kB
789 king -------------
790 + - !
791 ======================================================================
792
793 Chip 5.003_08 1996-Nov-19 110 19 424
794 5.003_09 1996-Nov-26 38 9 248
795 5.003_10 1996-Nov-29 29 2 27
796 5.003_11 1996-Dec-06 73 12 165
797 5.003_12 1996-Dec-19 275 6 436
798 5.003_13 1996-Dec-20 95 1 56
799 5.003_14 1996-Dec-23 23 7 333
800 5.003_15 1996-Dec-23 0 0 1
801 5.003_16 1996-Dec-24 12 3 50
802 5.003_17 1996-Dec-27 19 1 14
803 5.003_18 1996-Dec-31 21 1 32
804 5.003_19 1997-Jan-04 80 3 85
805 5.003_20 1997-Jan-07 18 1 146
806 5.003_21 1997-Jan-15 38 10 221
807 5.003_22 1997-Jan-16 4 0 18
808 5.003_23 1997-Jan-25 71 15 119
809 5.003_24 1997-Jan-29 426 1 20
810 5.003_25 1997-Feb-04 21 8 169
811 5.003_26 1997-Feb-10 16 1 15
812 5.003_27 1997-Feb-18 32 10 38
813 5.003_28 1997-Feb-21 58 4 66
814 5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 22 2 34
815 5.003_91 1997-Mar-01 37 1 39
816 5.003_92 1997-Mar-06 16 3 69
817 5.003_93 1997-Mar-10 12 3 15
818 5.003_94 1997-Mar-22 407 7 200
819 5.003_95 1997-Mar-25 41 1 37
820 5.003_96 1997-Apr-01 283 5 261
821 5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 13 2 34
822 5.003_97a 1997-Apr-05 57 1 27
823 5.003_97b 1997-Apr-08 14 1 20
824 5.003_97c 1997-Apr-10 20 1 16
825 5.003_97d 1997-Apr-13 8 0 16
826 5.003_97e 1997-Apr-15 15 4 46
827 5.003_97f 1997-Apr-17 7 1 33
828 5.003_97g 1997-Apr-18 6 1 42
829 5.003_97h 1997-Apr-24 23 3 68
830 5.003_97i 1997-Apr-25 23 1 31
831 5.003_97j 1997-Apr-28 36 1 49
832 5.003_98 1997-Apr-30 171 12 539
833 5.003_99 1997-May-01 6 0 7
834 5.003_99a 1997-May-09 36 2 61
835 p54rc1 1997-May-12 8 1 11
836 p54rc2 1997-May-14 6 0 40
837
838 5.004 1997-May-15 4 0 4
839
840 Tim 5.004_01 1997-Jun-13 222 14 57
841 5.004_02 1997-Aug-07 112 16 119
842 5.004_03 1997-Sep-05 109 0 17
843 5.004_04 1997-Oct-15 66 8 173
844
845=head3 The patch-free era
846
847In more modern times, named releases don't come as often, and as progress
848can be followed (nearly) instantly (with rsync, and since late 2008, git)
849patches between versions are no longer provided. However, that doesn't
850keep us from calculating how large a patch could have been. Which is
851shown in the table below. Unless noted otherwise, the size mentioned is
852the patch to bring version x.y.z to x.y.z+1.
853
854 Sarathy 5.6.1 2001-Apr-08 531 44 651
855 Rafael 5.6.2 2003-Nov-15 20 11 1819
856
857 Jarkko 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18 1205 31 471 From 5.7.3
858
859 5.8.1 2003-Sep-25 243 102 6162
860 Nicholas 5.8.2 2003-Nov-05 10 50 788
861 5.8.3 2004-Jan-14 31 13 360
862 5.8.4 2004-Apr-21 33 8 299
863 5.8.5 2004-Jul-19 11 19 255
864 5.8.6 2004-Nov-27 35 3 192
865 5.8.7 2005-May-30 75 34 778
866 5.8.8 2006-Jan-31 131 42 1251
867 5.8.9 2008-Dec-14 340 132 12988
868
869 Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27 281 168 7132 From 5.8.0
870 Rafael 5.9.1 2004-Mar-16 57 250 2107
871 5.9.2 2005-Apr-01 720 57 858
872 5.9.3 2006-Jan-28 1124 102 1906
873 5.9.4 2006-Aug-15 896 60 862
874 5.9.5 2007-Jul-07 1149 128 1062
875
876 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18 50 31 13111 From 5.9.5
877
878
879=head1 THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS
880
881Jarkko Hietaniemi <F<jhi@iki.fi>>.
882
883Thanks to the collective memory of the Perlfolk. In addition to the
884Keepers of the Pumpkin also Alan Champion, Mark Dominus,
885Andreas König, John Macdonald, Matthias Neeracher, Jeff Okamoto,
886Michael Peppler, Randal Schwartz, and Paul D. Smith sent corrections
887and additions. Abigail added file and patch size data for the 5.6.0 - 5.10
888era.
889
890=cut